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Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award 2025

The 2025 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award went to Black Pastoral by Ariana Benson (Kate Tufts Discovery Award) and English as a Second Language by Jaswinder Bolina (Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award). 10 books were finalists across 2 categories.

Winners

Kate Tufts Discovery Award

  1. Black Pastoral by Ariana Bensonsource (opens in a new tab)

Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

  1. English as a Second Language by Jaswinder Bolinasource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

Kate Tufts Discovery Award

  1. Architect by Alison Thumelsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Grand Tour by Elisa Gonzalezsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Sweet Movie by Alisha Dietzmansource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Theophanies by Sarah Ghazal Alisource (opens in a new tab)

Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

  1. How to Abandon Ship by Sasha Westsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Spectral Evidence by Gregory Pardlosource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Gathering of Bastards by Romeo Oriogunsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. With My Back to the World by Victoria Changsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

Winners and finalists of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award (for a first book), both run by Claremont Graduate University. All entries come from the official CGU previous winners and finalists page. Year is the award year CGU uses; each award honors a book published the year before. The page lists finalists from 2011 onward; 2006-2010 cover winners only. Some years list fewer than four finalists. All-caps names and titles on the page are given in normal case.

Organization: Claremont Graduate University. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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